Display Assemblies

2. The display assembly of claim 1, wherein each predetermined location is defined by a seat for supporting a corresponding display container at the predetermined location.

3. The display assembly of claim 2, wherein the platform has a top surface and each seat comprises a seat recess in the top surface of the platform for receiving a bottom portion of the display container therein, each seat recess bounded from below by a corresponding window.

4. The display assembly of claim 3, wherein each seat recess corresponds in shape and size to a bottom portion of the display container for nesting of the bottom portion in the seat recess overtop the window.

5. The display assembly of claim 1, wherein the platform includes a panel portion and a plurality of apertures spaced apart from each other along the platform and passing through the panel portion between the interior and the exterior of the housing, and each window extends across a corresponding aperture.

6. The display assembly of claim 5, wherein each window includes a translucent base portion extending across the aperture, a transparent cover portion in the aperture overtop of the base portion, and informational content between the base portion and the cover portion, the informational content visible from an exterior of the housing when a corresponding display container is moved away from the predetermined location for providing information about the one or more articles containable in the display container.

7. The display assembly of claim 6, wherein each cover portion is removable from the aperture for changing the informational content.

8. The display assembly of claim 6, wherein the informational content is provided on a removable and generally transparent information sheet held between the base portion and the cover portion of the window.

9. The display assembly of claim 5, wherein the panel portion of the platform is opaque.

10. The display assembly of claim 1, wherein the interior light source comprises one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) under the windows.

11. The display assembly of claim 1, wherein the lighting system further includes an overtop light source positioned overtop the containers for illuminating the display containers from above.

12. The display assembly of claim 1, further comprising an interaction detection system including one or more sensors in the interior of the housing and coupled to the lighting system, the sensors operable to detect whether the predetermined locations have the display containers positioned thereat, and wherein illumination of the windows via the one or more interior lights is controllable based on the sensors.

13. The display assembly of claim 1, further comprising a locking mechanism configurable between a locked configuration in which the platform is securely locked to the base to prevent detachment of the platform from the base, and an unlocked configuration in which the platform is unlocked from the base to permit detachment of the platform from the base for transporting the display containers and tethers away from the base.

15. The display assembly of claim 14, wherein the lighting system includes at least one overtop light source positioned above and directed toward the predetermined position for illuminating the display container from above.

16. The display assembly of claim 14, wherein the housing includes a base securable to a support surface and a platform detachably mounted to the base, the base and platform generally enclosing the interior of the housing, and the platform comprising the translucent portion.

17. The display assembly of claim 16, wherein the translucent portion comprises a recessed window.

18. The display assembly of claim 14, wherein the tether is mounted in the interior of the housing.